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[Page 10 of Byrd Williams Jr. scrapbook]

Scrapbook page featuring 5 photos taken around Austin, including one of a UT football game, a UT building, and classmates of Byrd Williams Jr.

Date: 1902/1906

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Young Ladies' Basketball Team, 1902

Photograph of University of Texas' Young Ladies' Basketball Team. 9 unidentified women pose for a group portrait, with one woman in the center holding a basketball with "1902" written on it.

Date: 1902

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

University of Texas grounds

Three women sitting among the bluebonnets on the Campus grounds. In the background are the Woman's Building built 1903 on the left and the old Chemical Laboratory built 1891. Both buildings were destroyed by fire; the Woman's Building burned in 1959 and the Chemical Laboratory in 1926.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, May 29, 1903]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions his class standing after all exams. He also comments on assisting his new roommate in his academic performance. Nimitz lists several of the midshipmen that will not be allowed to go home on leave on account of poor standing or excessive demerits. He also outlines his summer cruise schedule aboard the USS Chesapeake, the USS Indiana (BB-1) and the USS Hartford. Nimitz describes the rigors of his recent exams. This… more

Date: May 29, 1903

Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, May 29, 1903]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions his class standing after all exams. He also comments on assisting his new roommate in his academic performance. Nimitz lists several of the midshipmen that will not be allowed to go home on leave on account of poor standing or excessive demerits. He also outlines his summer cruise schedule aboard the USS Chesapeake, the USS Indiana (BB-1) and the USS Hartford. Nimitz describes the rigors of his recent exams.

Date: May 29, 1903

Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Page 3 of Byrd Williams Jr. scrapbook]

Scrapbook page featuring 3 photos including 2 cyanotypes of a track and field event at UT, and a black and white photo of the Engineering building at UT.

Date: 1904/1906

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[University of Texas Old Main Building, front exterior]

Photograph of University of Texas Old Main Building looking north, possibly up University Avenue, toward Old Main, with Women's Building and Chemistry Building on either side of Old Main. The road is unpaved and the trees are bare.

Date: [1904..1908]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Page 5 of Byrd Williams Jr. album, 1907-1920]

Scrapbook page featuring 5 photos of Byrd Williams Jr.'s engineering class at UT, Byrd Jr. with sons Byrd III and John standing near their car, and Byrd III in the two bottom photos.

Date: 1905/1916

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two men sit on a bed]

Photograph of two University of Texas engineering students sitting on a bed posing with a pillow with the words "Texas Engineers" and various different names sewn into it.

Date: 1905

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from K.K. Legett to David S. Houston - December 19, 1905]

Letter written by K.K. Legett to Dr. David S. Houston of State University in Austin, Texas, requesting assistance in procuring financial aid for Simmons College.

Date: December 18, 1905

Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Hell on the Rio Grande [from the Byrd Williams Jr. scrapbook]

Poem entitled [Hell on] the Rio Grande, printed by Byrd Williams Jr. as a blueprint, from the 1906 UT yearbook. The author is unknown.

Date: 1906

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Technical Drawing

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Page 4 of Byrd Williams Jr. scrapbook]

Scrapbook page featuring 4 photos including 3 cyanotypes of a track and field event at UT versus Georgetown, and a black and white photo of a wooden tombstone for Georgetown to taunt the opposing team.

Date: 1906~

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard from J. H. to Junia Roberts Osterhout, July 18, 1908]

Postcard from J. H. to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The front has an illustration of a woman in a long-sleeved red dress, fur boa, and red hat. In her hand is an orange flag for the University of Texas. Below the drawing is a school cheer for the university. On the back, J. H. wrote that he heard Junia and her sister were moving to Chicago and that he wished them well.

Date: July 18, 1908

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

University of Texas Women's Building Entrance

Photograph of a young woman sitting on the top of the stairs leading to the entrance of the UT Women's Building. Ivy covers the stone and windows to either side of the entrance.

Date: [1910..1917]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Willie May Kell]

Photograph of Willie May Kell wearing a University of Texas tennis sweater (letter sweater). She is the first woman to earn a varsity letter sweater at U.T. Wille May is a daughter of Frank and Lula (Kemp) Kell of Wichita Falls, Texas.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Midwestern State University

[Letter from R. E. Cofer to Senator W. J. Bryan, August 23, 1912]

Letter from R. E. Cofer to Senator W. J. Bryan sharing concern from him and his wife about Mr. Bryan's accident and assuring him that they are praying for him to have a speedy recovery.

Date: August 23, 1912

Creator: Cofer, R. E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Texas vs. Notre Dame football game]

Paul Simmonds being tackled in a 7-30 loss to Notre Dame on Thanksgiving Day, 1913.

Date: November 27, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Edith Bonnet's Student Notebook for Spring Term 1916]

Notebook used by Edith Bonnet during the Spring 1916 semester while she attended the University of Texas. This notebook contains notes for medical classes such as intestinal diagrams and other molecular and muscular diagrams.

Date: 1916-03-23/1916-06-02

Creator: Bonnet, Edith Marguerite

Item Type: Text

Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Three students of the University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics on the lawn in front of the Old Main building, Austin, Texas]

Photograph of three young men dressed in military uniforms, sitting on the lawn in front of the Old Main building at the University of Texas at Austin. The men have their legs straight out in front of them, showing the soles of thier boots, upon which is written in chalk: "BERLIN OR BUST", a popular patriotic/propaganda phrase during World War I. The man in the middle of the group has his campaign hat on his lap. The men are identified on the back of the photograph, from left to right as: Curry… more

Date: 1917/1919

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Student gathering on University of Texas at Austin campus before Governor Ferguson protest parade]

Photograph of a group of University of Texas students and supporters gathered on the lawn behind the Old Main Building, as they prepare for a protest march to Governor James E. Ferguson's (Pa Ferguson) capitol office. Many of the group are seated on the lawn or on chairs, and some hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. A caption on the back of the photograph reads "scene in the campus before the student parade, May 28, 1917, Old Main Bg. in the background." The group was protesting … more

Date: May 28, 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[First Graduating Law Class at University of Texas]

Photograph of a framed collage of the first graduating law class at the University of Texas.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Midwestern State University

[Technical instructor with engine components and diagram]

Photograph of a technical instructor at the UT School of Military Aeronautics stands between two engine components and uses a wooden pointer to explain pieces of the engine from a chalkboard diagram. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and the Council of National Defense established military schools for aviators at six college campuses around the country. The Schools of Military Aeronautics (SMAs) were to provide basic technical instruction for beginning pilots before they moved on to flight tra… more

Date: 1918

Creator: Ellison Photo Company

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36]

Copy print of Squad 36 standing in four lines on the steps in front of the State Capitol. The men are all wearing their uniforms and holing their campaign hats in their right hands at their sides as they stand at attention.

Date: February 1918

Creator: Jensen Raymer Photographers

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274313 -97.740512

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from Robert E. Vinson to College Presidents of Student Army Training Corps District 10, September 13, 1918]

Letter from UT President Robert E. Vinson, serving as regional director of Student Army Training Corps District 10, to the district college presidents listing five pertinent regulations for admitting students to the SATC program.

Date: September 13, 1918

Creator: Vinson, Robert Ernest

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library